Chapter Activities

Sep 21, 2017 - Turing Award Series Lecture; 5th Talk by Prof. Dr. Venkatesh Raman on 'Contributions of Donald Knuth (1974 Award Winner)

We also had a chapter officer bearers meeting on 21 Sep.

Upcoming Events

20 Oct., 2017:

As part of the "50 Years of Turing Award" talk series, the 6th talk has been scheduled at CMI, Chennai. The details are as follows:

Topic     :  Contributions of Robin Milner
(1991 Turing Award Winner)
Speaker:    Dr. S.P. Suresh
Chennai Mathematical Institute(CMI)
Date      :   20th October
Time      :   5:00 PM
Venue    :   The Seminar Hall
Chennai Mathematical Institute(CMI)

Please check here (http://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/milner_1569367.cfm) to know more about Milner's work.

Registration is FREE. However, if you intend to attend, please register (https://goo.gl/forms/ertls7cPph1ZLXT62) to facilitate logistics:

Tea and snacks will be served before the talk at 4:30 PM.

Headlines at a Glance

1. https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/space-age/software-as-hardware-apollos-rope-memory
2. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/09/27/survey-faculty-getting-more-confident-in-tech-skills.aspx
3. http://www.npr.org/2017/09/28/554024047/as-scrutiny-of-social-networks-grows-influence-attacks-continue-in-real-time
4. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41450980
5. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608910/governments-are-testing-their-own-cryptocurrencies (https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608910/governments-are-testing-their-own-cryptocurrencies/)
6. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170920144651.htm
7. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2148877-flying-and-rolling-drone-will-map-underground-mines-on-its-own/

News in Detail 

** Software as Hardware: Apollo’s Rope Memory
spectrum.ieee.org | Will Knight | 29 September, 2017
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Programs for the Apollo Guidance Computer were encoded by painstakingly threading wires 
through tiny magnetic cores ...

Full Article (https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/space-age/software-as-hardware-apollos-rope-memory)
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** Survey: Faculty Getting More Confident in Tech Skills, but Students' Skills Are Slipping
Campustechnology.com | Rhea Kelly | 27 September, 2017
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Eight-four percent of faculty in our 2017 Teaching with Technology Survey believe their 
tech skills are more than adequate for the job, but only 34 percent said their students' 
skills are "excellent" or "above average." ...

Full Article (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/09/27/survey-faculty-getting-more-confident-in-tech-skills.aspx)
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** As Scrutiny Of Social Networks Grows, Influence Attacks Continue In Real Time
Philip Ewing |  npr.org | 28 September, 2017
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The presidential election is long past, but online attacks aimed at shaping the U.S. 
information environment have kept right on coming …

Full Article (http://www.npr.org/2017/09/28/554024047/as-scrutiny-of-social-networks-grows-influence-attacks-continue-in-real-time)
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** What happened in the city that banned Uber
Dave Lee | bbc.com | 30 September, 2017
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When TfL, backed by Mayor Sadiq Khan, announced Uber would no longer be allowed to operate, 
the service's 3.5m users, and 40,000 drivers, were aghast ...

Full Article (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41450980)
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** Governments Are Testing Their Own Cryptocurrencies
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MIT Tech Review | Mike Orcutt | 25 September, 2017 Bitcoin-like money may emerge in 
countries where cash is in decline or financial networks need updating ...

Full Article (https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608910/governments-are-testing-their-own-cryptocurrencies/)
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** Automatic code reuse: System automatically modifies code for transfer to other programs
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Science Daily.com | MIT | 20 September, 2017 Researchers have developed a new system 
that allows programmers to transplant code from one program into another. The programmer 
can select the code from one program and an insertion point in  ...

Full Article (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170920144651.htm)
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** Flying and rolling drone will map underground mines on its own
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New Scientist | Sandrine Ceurstemont | 28 September, 2017
A drone that can switch between flying and rolling could soon be exploring 
underground mines without the aid of a human pilot ...

Full Article (https://www.newscientist.com/article/2148877-flying-and-rolling-drone-will-map-underground-mines-on-its-own/)
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